Job Description

Who we are:

Motive empowers the people who run physical operations with tools to make their work safer more productive and more profitable. For the first time ever safety operations and finance teams can manage their drivers vehicles equipment and fleet related spend in a single system. Combined with industry leading AI the Motive platform gives you complete visibility and control and significantly reduces manual workloads by automating and simplifying tasks.

Motive serves nearly 100000 customers from Fortune 500 enterprises to small businesses across a wide range of industries including transportation and logistics construction energy field service manufacturing agriculture food and beverage retail and the public sector.

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About the Role

How do you build a world-class sales organization It starts with a world-class Sales Development team. Were looking for driven ambitious professionals to join our organization and be the first point of contact with potential clients. As a Public Sector Sales Development Representative youll identify and qualify new opportunities laying the foundation for our Account Executives to close deals and drive growth.

Were looking for strong communicators with curiosity grit and a natural sales this role youll develop your skills in prospecting lead qualification and relationship building while setting yourself up for long-term success and growth within the company.

What Youll Do

• You will manage outbound lead generation for our Public Sector segment by researching and contacting prospective customers to understand their business needs and educate them on how Motive can help them achieve their goals
• Work with Motive Prospects in the Government and Education industries
• Engage prospective clients through cold calls emails and other outbound efforts
• Identify and qualify leads based on set criteria
• Partner with Account Executives to strategize on outreach and deal progression
• Uncover prospect pain points priorities and challenges to position solutions
• Schedule qualified meetings between prospects and Account Executives
• Stay sharp on our products services and industry trends to bring value to every conversation
• Consistently meet and exceed monthly and quarterly pipeline goals

What Were Looking For

• Bachelors degree required
• Public Sector sales experience preferred
• Ability to work hybrid in our Austin or Nashville office
• Strong work ethic resilience and drive to succeed
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Coachable with a team-first mindset
• Prior experience with cold calling or CRM tools (Salesforce HubSpot etc.) is a plus

What We Offer

• Competitive base salary plus uncapped commission
• Clear career path into full-cycle sales roles or SDR leadership
• Comprehensive benefits package including equity 401(k) and health insurance
• Flexible PTO and hybrid work structure based in our Austin or Nashville office

Pay Transparency
Your compensation may be based on several factors including education work experience and certifications. For certain roles total compensation may include restricted stock units. Motive offers benefits including health pharmacy optical and dental care benefits paid time off sick time off short term and long term disability coverage life insurance as well as 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). Learn more about our benefits by visiting Motive Perks & Benefits .

The on-target earnings (base pay commissions) for this role:

$75000 - $85000 USD

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